Egypt's parliament initially approves draft law for umrah portal
Published 25 Jan,2021 via Daily News Egypt - The House of Representatives’ tourism and civil aviation committee, headed by MP Nora Ali, approved the draft law submitted by the government regarding the establishment of an Egyptian portal for Umrah (minor Islamic pilgrimage).
The 18-article draft law’s approval, given on Sunday evening, relates to the implementation of tourism companies organising Umrah trips.
Ali said that the draft law aims to keep pace with the technological and technical development in automating the service provided to the citizen. This comes as one of the pathways under the structural reform programme launched by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to develop the tourism sector.
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